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Thatcher, Margaret Hilda, 1925 - 2013 (née Roberts, Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, Prime Minister)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1925 - 2013

Found in 123 Collections and/or Records:

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Miscellaneous Artwork File 2, 1983 - 1996

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/1/2/15/2
Scope and Contents A portfolio of miscellaneous artwork, both originals and copies, produced by the Spitting Image Workshop, mostly by Pablo Bach and David Stoten. This portfolio is separated into the following seven bundles:1. An assortment of caricatures of Roger Law, along with birthday cards for Law made by staff and family members. 2. An assortment of caricatures for the following individuals: Roger Law, John Lloyd, Mick Hockney, Rosie Hoare, Jim Hennequin, and Harry Enfield. Also...
Dates: 1983 - 1996
Conditions Governing Access: From the Series: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
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Miscellaneous Magazines with Commissioned Work, 1975 - 1982

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/2/3/12
Scope and Contents A box containing a variety of British and international magazines, along with tearsheets, which feature plasticine model illustrations by Luck & Flaw.The following are present:1. Issue November-December 1975 of the magazine, Drive, published by the British motoring association, The AA. Pages 16 to 22 feature illustrations that accompany an article about the MOT test. The photographic image was taken by Bob Cramp (L+F/90 (a)-(b)).2....
Dates: Publication: 1975 - 1982
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Access to the collection is restricted pending cataloguing. Researchers wishing to access the collection require permission from the Keeper of Archives and Modern Manuscripts and will need to sign a Data Release form. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Mugs, 1988 - 1990

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/5/2
Scope and Contents

A box containing two white ceramic mugs. The first holds two illustrations featuring British boxer, Frank Bruno, and was made by Linden Giftware. The second mug bears the Spitting Image logo and features a drawing of Margaret Thatcher holding a handpuppet of John Major, with an accompanying speech bubble that reads: 'You tell'em John!' The latter mug was made by Kilncraft STL England.

Dates: 1988 - 1990
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
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Mugs, 1983 - 1988

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/4/1/7/2
Scope and Contents A set of ceramic mugs modelled by Luck & Flaw, which bear a resemblance to the following politicians: Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, leader of the Labour Party, Michael Foot; and President Ronald Reagan. The Thatcher and Foot mugs were originally produced for the 1983 British general election. There are two copies of the Thatcher mug. One appears to be an original copy, which has a whiter finish and is heavier in weight, and bears the Luck & Flaw stamp on the underside of the...
Dates: 1983 - 1988
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Sub-Series: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
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NK Prime Minister’s Questions Compilation, 1989-11-01 - 1989-11-16

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/1/149
Scope and Contents

Footage of questions asked by NK in Parliament.

Dates: 1989-11-01 - 1989-11-16
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Notes on Margaret Thatcher, 1987-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 2/1/86
Scope and Contents

Handwritten text [by Richard Clements, Executive Officer to NK] on Thatcher’s intention to "eradicate socialism", including Conservative "wets". Also includes note on strategy for dealing with Thatcher’s visit to Moscow [Soviet Union].

Dates: 1987-03
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Page Proofs, 1993

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/8/10/1/2
Scope and Contents

A bundle of colour page proofs for the Spitting Image Productions Limited merchandise publication, Thatcha! The Real Maggie Memoirs.

Dates: 1993
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
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Panorama, 1976 - 1980

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/2/3/5
Scope and Contents A box containing 24 full issues and a tearsheet of the Dutch men's weekly magazine, Panorama, which feature Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations. The majority of the illustrations are part of a series, Koppen Kast, which ran every other week throughout 1977. This series depicted various Dutch and international politicians, British and Dutch royals, Dutch celebrities and other figures in a humorous fashion.The following...
Dates: Publication: 1976 - 1980
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Access to the collection is restricted pending cataloguing. Researchers wishing to access the collection require permission from the Keeper of Archives and Modern Manuscripts and will need to sign a Data Release form. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Papers concerning Margaret Thatcher's time as Member of Parliament for the Finchley Constituency, 1948-1992.

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/FINC
Scope and Contents

Including in and copy-out constituency correspondence answered by Margaret Thatcher and her constituency office staff, 1986; constituents' cases and surgery files, 1987-91; details of Mrs Thatcher's constituency engagements, 1971-87 (incomplete); annual yearbooks of the (then) Finchley and Friern Barnet Conservative Association, 1948/9-55/6, 1983, 1985/6-89/90; and other miscellaneous material, ca. 1983-92

Dates: 1948 - 1992
Conditions Governing Access: Closed while uncatalogued. Much of the material relates to individual constituents and would require closure on data protection grounds.
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Paste-Ups, 1993

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/8/10/1/1
Scope and Contents A complete bundle of paste-ups for the Spitting Image Productions Limited publication, Thatcha! The Real Maggie Memoirs, spread across three large envelopes/portfolios. The paste-ups consist of thin, large, rectangle-shaped pieces of cardboard, each holding artwork and text for two pages of the publication, which have been pasted on to the board in the desired layout. There are overlays on each board, which are annotated with instructions for the printer,...
Dates: 1993
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
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Photographs, 1978 - 1985

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/STJN 8/2
Scope and Contents Including photographs of Richard Stanton-Jones, undated (2); Richard Stanton-Jones and Earl Mountbatten at sea trials of the SR N4 Mk 3 (Super 4), 1978 (2); Richard Stanton-Jones with the Duke of Kent and a delegation from Saudi Arabia, 1981 (3); Richard Stanton-Jones with a delegation from Nigeria, undated [1970s] or [1980s] (1); Richard Stanton-Jones with a delegation from China, 1979 (1); Richard Stanton-Jones with a delegation from Italy, 1981 (1); Richard Stanton-Jones with a delegation...
Dates: 1978 - 1985
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. A small number of files are closed pending review and these closures are marked in the catalogue.
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Photographs, c late 1960s-c early 1980s

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/3/1
Scope and Contents A box containing an assortment of colour and black and white photographs, in a variety of sizes and formats, which feature Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations that were published in magazines and newspapers. Included in this box is a scrapbook that holds polaroids with raw images of models produced by Roger Law, dating back to the late 1960s, prior to the partnership; the final few pages also hold such photographs of Luck & Flaw models. Also present in this box is a set of 30...
Dates: c late 1960s-c early 1980s
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Access to the collection is restricted pending cataloguing. Researchers wishing to access the collection require permission from the Keeper of Archives and Modern Manuscripts and will need to sign a Data Release form. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Photographs of JA and Margaret Thatcher in Brighton [Sussex], 1975-04 - 1975-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 10/118
Scope and Contents

Includes JA and Thatcher [Leader of the Conservative Party] on the beach and going sailing. Also includes a photograph of JA and Catherine Amery in Tehran [Iran] with Peter Stirling, Apr 1975.

Dates: 1975-04 - 1975-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Poster, 1987

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/8/4/2
Scope and Contents

A large promotional poster for the publication, Spitting Images (SI/198). The poster features a photographic image of a Margaret Thatcher puppet illustration, which depicts her as smoking; image taken by John Lawrence Jones. This illustration also features on the cover of the British version of the publication, and in the interior of the American version.

Dates: 1987
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
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Poster, 1992

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/8/8/4/2
Scope and Contents

A promotional poster for the Roger Law/Spitting Image Productions Limited book, A Nasty Piece of Work: The Art and Graft of Spitting Image. The poster features an image of Roger Law standing behind an ornate picture frame (SI/391), which contains an image of a Margaret Thatcher puppet carving up Britain; an image originally intended for the abandoned SIPL publication, Thatcha! Ten Years of the Dragon [see entry MS Add.10275/3/3/8/6].

Dates: 1992
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
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Poster, 1993

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/8/10/2/2
Scope and Contents

A large promotional poster for the Spitting Image Productions Limited publication, Thatcha! The Real Maggie Memoirs. The poster features a censored version of the 'Maggalyn' puppet illustration, which is a spoof of Margaret Thatcher as Marilyn Monroe in a white dress. The photographic image was taken by Steve Bendelack (SI/263(a)).

Dates: 1993
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
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Powell - PM, 1979-10 - 1986-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/2/1/95
Scope and Contents Correspondence between JEP and Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister on subjects including: negotiations between Britain and Ireland on Northern Ireland; proportional representation in the European elections in Northern Ireland; the Northern Ireland Assembly. Other correspondents include: Michael Alison, Parliamentary Private Secretary to Thatcher (5); James Molyneaux, Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, on negotiations between Britain and Ireland, the European Parliament elections in...
Dates: 1979-10 - 1986-10
Conditions Governing Access: File 1 closed for review.
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Press cuttings, 1972-08 - 1976-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 5/25
Scope and Contents

Subjects include: housing; the cod war with Iceland; Cyprus; the Conservative leadership election, won by Margaret Thatcher, 1975; Thatcher's speech on the threat from the Soviet Union, Jan 1976; Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe]; Concorde; the deaths of British mercenaries in Angola.

Dates: 1972-08 - 1976-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Prime Minister’s Questions, 1989-01 - 1989-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/2/93
Scope and Contents

Recording of Prime Minister’s Questions between NK and Margaret Thatcher, taken from the Parliamentary Sound Archives. Subjects include: the ownership of GEC [General Electric Company]; the level of sterling; compulsory identity cards for football hooligans; food safety and salmonella; levels of taxation; increases in water charges and water privatisation; inflation; nuclear disarmament; mortgage levels; health funding.

Dates: 1989-01 - 1989-05
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Series: Access copies available.
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Prime Minister’s Questions, 1989-05-11 - 1989-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/2/101
Scope and Contents

Recording of Prime Minister’s Questions between NK and Margaret Thatcher, taken from the Parliamentary Sound Archives (side 1 of cassette only). Subjects include: the Poll Tax; Europe; inflation; the Tiananmen Square protest, China; the state of the London Underground; the rail dispute; privatisation of the energy industry.

Dates: 1989-05-11 - 1989-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Series: Access copies available.
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Production Material, 1993

 Sub-Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/8/10/1
Scope and Contents

Paste-ups and page proofs relating to the production of the Spitting Image Productions Limited merchandise publication, Thatcha! The Real Maggie Memoirs.

Dates: 1993
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
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Radio 4, World at Weekend: Treasury Resignation and [Margaret] Thatcher Story, 1988 - 1989-01-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 5/35
Scope and Contents

Relates to Margaret Thatcher's third term as Prime Minister, particularly economic policy, with comments from JEP and Edward Heath on parallels between Thatcher and the Macmillan Government in 1958.

Dates: 1988 - 1989-01-01
Conditions Governing Access: Access copy available.
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Royal Academy of Arts Exhibition, 1997

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/24
Scope and Contents A visifile containing five large colour photographs, which are mounted and were once framed, which feature illustrations produced by Luck & Flaw and Spitting Image Productions Limited. These photographs were displayed at an exhibition on contemporary satirists, held at the Royal Academy of Arts, in the spring of 1997. The following images are present: Michael Foot with Denis Healey (L+F/123); 'Gin & Tonic' Queen Mother (SI/212); a naked Rupert Murdoch with Andrew Neil as the head of...
Dates: 1997
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
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Scrapbook, 1940 - 1987

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SALM 1/1B
Scope and Contents

Material largely relating to time working at Palace of Westminster. Includes letters signed by Prime Ministers, photographs of weddings, memorable visits in recess and material relating to charitable roles. Also includes 2 loose Royal Warrants for Henry Lennox Hopkinson, 1st Baron Colyton (1936 and 1944).

Dates: 1940 - 1987
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Set of Eggcups, 1982 - 1988

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/4/1/5/3
Scope and Contents

A set of nine ceramic eggcups, modelled by Luck & Flaw, which bear caricature faces of the following British politicians and members of the royal family: Margaret Thatcher, Neil Kinnock, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Prince Andrew, Sarah Ferguson, two copies of a baby Prince William, and a baby Princess Beatrice. All eggcups have a white glossy finish.

This set is incomplete, missing those for Prince Charles [afterwards King Charles III] and Diana, Princess of Wales.

Dates: 1982 - 1988
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Access to the collection is restricted pending cataloguing. Researchers wishing to access the collection require permission from the Keeper of Archives and Modern Manuscripts and will need to sign a Data Release form. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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